September 2023 Sky
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- On September 2, 2023
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- Antares, Beehive cluster M44, Castor, Jupiter, M35 star cluster, Mars, Mercury, Pleiades, Pollux, Regulus, Saturn, September equinox, Spica, Venus
September 2023 Sky
| 4 | Moon near Jupiter at 18h UT (morning sky). Mag. −2.6. • Jupiter (Wikipedia) |
| 5 | Moon near the Pleiades at 22h UT (morning sky). • The Pleiades (Wikipedia) |
| 6 | Mercury at inferior conjunction with the Sun at 11h UT. The innermost planet passes into the morning sky. |
| 6 | Last Quarter Moon at 22:21 UT. |
| 8 | Moon near M35 star cluster at 10h UT (morning sky). |
| 9 | Moon near Castor at 22h UT (morning sky). |
| 10 | Moon near Pollux at 4h UT (morning sky). |
| 11 | Moon near Beehive cluster M44 at 9h UT (morning sky). • Beehive Cluster (Wikipedia) • M44: The Beehive Cluster (APOD) |
| 12 | Moon at apogee (farthest from Earth) at 16h UT (distance 406,291km; angular size 29.4′). |
| 13 | Moon near Regulus at 7h UT (morning sky). • Regulus (Wikipedia) |
| 14 | Moon near Mercury at 0h UT (13° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. 1.9. |
| 15 | New Moon at 1:39 UT. Start of lunation 1246. |
| 16 | Mercury 8.0° ESE of Regulus at 5h UT (23° from Sun, morning sky). Mags. 1.1 and 1.4. • Mercury (Wikipedia) |
| 16 | Moon near Mars at 21h UT (19° from Sun, evening sky). Mag. 1.7. • Mars (Wikipedia) |
| 17 | Moon near Spica at 19h UT (evening sky). • Spica (Wikipedia) |
| 18 | Venus at its brightest at 12h UT (40° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −4.5. • Venus (Wikipedia) |
| 21 | Moon near Antares at 10h UT (evening sky). Occultation visible from east Asia. • Antares (Wikipedia) |
| 22 | Mercury at greatest elongation west at 13h UT (18° from Sun, morning sky). Mag. −0.4. |
| 22 | First Quarter Moon at 19:31 UT. |
| 23 | September equinox at 6:50 UT. The time when the Sun reaches the point along the ecliptic where it crosses into the southern celestial hemisphere marking the start of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and spring in the Southern Hemisphere. • Equinox (Wikipedia) |
| 27 | Moon near Saturn at 4h UT (evening sky). Mag. 0.5. • Saturn (Wikipedia) |
| 28 | Moon at perigee (closest to Earth) at 1:02 UT (distance 359,911km; angular size 33.2′). |
| 29 | Full Moon at 9:57 UT. |
September 2023 Sky All times Universal Time (UT).
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